The Cherkess Autonomous Oblast ( rus, Черкесская автономная область, Cherkesskaya avtonomnaya oblast; kbd, Черкес автономнэ область, ''Čérkés avtonomne oblast’'') or Cherkessia ( rus, Черкесия, Cherkesiya; kbd, Шэрджэс, ''Šerdžes'', or , ''Čérkés xekw'') was an autonomous oblast of the

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

, created on April 26, 1926 by the split of the

Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast Karachay-Cherkessia Autonomous Oblast (; krc, Къарачай-Черкес автоном область, translit=Qaraçay-Çerkes avtonom oblast; kbd, Къэрэшей-Черкес автономнэ область , translit=Qərəṩey-Cher ...

. It was called the Cherkess National Okrug ( rus, Черкесский национальный округ, Cherkessky natsionalny okrug) until April 30, 1928. It was dissolved in 1957 by the creation of the new

.Encyclopædia Britannica
/ref> ;Territorial changes of the Cherkess Autonomous Oblast File:Karach-and-Circ- aut-reg1928.png, 1928 File:Circassian and Karachay Autonomous Region.png, 1934 File:Karachay.JPG, 1943 File:Circassian Autonomous Region1950.png, 1950

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